My friend Lisa in Seattle was on a video call with her boss last week. A raccoon chewed through the outdoor power line to her house. Everything went black right as she was showing quarterly reports. She had to use her laptop battery and phone hotspot to get back online. Can you believe that? Now she keeps a spare battery charged at all times.

A coworker once spent half a day chasing down flickering lights on a whole floor. Turns out a stray neutral from an old remodel was just draped over a pipe in the ceiling, barely making contact. Every time the AC kicked on, the vibration would change the whole circuit.

Try explaining my skincare routine is just soap and water, that usually ends the conversation fast.